Counting money, tokens, or the like, of the same size



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Application filed March 20, 1921. Serial No. 456,372.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gniuu'r HoL'rLAND, engineer, a citizen oi"? theKingdom of the Netherlands, residing at Fmschede Nether lands, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Counting Money, Tokens,or the like, of the Same Size, (for which application for'patent wasfiled in the Nethen lands under date of June 11,1919,No.12,188, PatentNo. 6,295), of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for counting coins or tokens of thesame size, by means of a number of gradually arranged its object adevice, as simple as possible and adapted not only to count exactly in avery short time a large sum of money without mistake, but providing alsoduring the counting for in spection of the money, the latter beingspecially required to enable spurious and'w'orn coins to be detected. a

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a planview of the devicefor useby hand, with adjustable magazines. Figure 2 is a sectiOnal view throughA'B of the magazine of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view seen from the right of Figure 1, at CFigure dis a sectional view seen from the right of Figure 1, at E-F.Fig. 4 is a detail view of the elements 6 and 7.

Figure 5 is a device'for gradually sup-- plying coins to the stationarydevices.

Figure 6 is a diagrammatical sketch of a device for adjusting thesupports in the breadth. V Figure 7 is a sectional view through G-H inFigure 6.

FigureS is device for moving a diagrammatical view of a the slides inorder to adjust the magazines in breadth and length.

Figure 9 is a section through K--L in Figure 8 of a slide forcontrolling the length of the magazines applied to devices for countingcoins of dilierent size. I

Figure 10 is a side view of a flap or valve for closing the outlet endsof the magazines.

Figure 11 is a longitudinal section of the funnel-shaped mouth of thecollecting gut ter.

Figure 12 is a section of an adjustable mouth-piece.

Similarreterences throughout the several fi ires indicate the sameparts.

L y 1. are indicated the magazines or con ductors of the coins (Fig. 2)with vertical projecting rims 2., against which the coins on slidingalongthe inclined bottom will strike. The conducting gutter in themagazines possesses a breadth corresponding with the diameter of whilstthe rims .2 are thickness of the coins. v

The arrow (Fig. 1), indicates the supply direction. To fill themagazines,,the

less high than the that the coins slide from the part 9 through thesupply gutter 4 till all magazines 1 are the movable side wall 3 is thenlifted andby giving the device a suitable inclination the coins slidealong the rims 2 into the collecting gutter. The superfluous coins arecollected in the part 10 and returned by the gutter 11 to the collectingpart 9.

For moving the coins, the device is kept in such a position, that theinlet is situated higher than the outlet and the apparatus is somewhatinclined in a lateral direction.

"As the magazines are at an angle with the supply direction of thecoinsthe same will not only slide beyond the already arrived coins ofone of the magazines into another, but also fill the same'magazine asinuch as possible in the direction of the out- To enable the superfluouscoins to descend also to the inlet sides of the magazines beyond thecoins already arrived. at their places. vertical screens 6 and steps 7are provided.

The screens 6 are arranged parallel to the axis of the magazines andsituated between two adjacent steps 4 and the projecting rim oi thefollowing magazine. Every, magazine is provided with such a screen. Thesteps 7 are high as the projecting rim 2 of deviceas illustrated in Fig.1, is inclined so the coins to be counted,

the preceding magazine and reach as far plane as the step surface. I

The device for hand use as illustrated in Fig. 1, is provided withmagazines 1 and rims 2', an inlet port 4, a collecting gutter 8 withmouth 5, a-collecting receptacle 9, a

space 10 for the superfluous coins and a re .yond the magazines to thepart First the coins are moved to the inlet part 4 by inclining thedevice to the left. Then,

by inclining to the right, the coins move he 10, thereby filling up allthe magazines 1 so that for instance the coins are placed in five rowseach or" 10 coins. By opening the flap 3 at the end of the magazines andby inclining the device to that side, the coins may be collected in thecollecting gutter 8 and received by means of the mouth. 5 in paperboxes.

The Hap 3 for the outlet ends of the magazines 1 into the collectinggutter 8 consists in its most simple form of a shaft 30 provided withhandle 37, turnable in the receptacle (Fig. 3), to which'sha-ftrectangularly bent hooks 12 are attached, whichrin normal position reachexactly to the middle of the outlet mouths. The ends of these hooks '12gradually increase in length so as to open the mouths one after theother, when the shaft 30 is rotated by means of the handle 37. By thisman'iptt lation, only coins from one of the magazines may reach thegutter 8. It will be understood. that the mouths of the magazines opensuccessively (from an inspection of Fig. 10). In this modification thesimple curved hooks 12 are replaced by a curved bent plate withgraduated edge. By turning the shaft 30 all'the hooks 12 or the parts of3 have the same angular movement and speed, but as the first hook is"shorter than the second one and all mouths are situated in'the samehorizontal plane, and because in the closed position the longer hookwill extend farther under the edge of the mouth than the shorter one. Itwill require a greater length ottime before the end: oft-his hook hasentirely passed the mouth of its magazine and opened the same.

For big devicesfor counting large quantities of coins the use of ahand-operated device is too troublesome and takes too triangular pin ormuch time, so that a stationary device must be used. The remfoving backof the superfluous coins can take place auton'iatically or not; itisimport-ant only that the supply shall take place as gradually aspossible,

because it a suddenly greater stream of coins slides over the magazines,most of them will not enter-into the same.

For this purpose a device, as illustrated in Fig. 5, is applicable,consisting of areceptacle or cylinder 13 with an inclined bottom .14,movable up and down by hand or foot, which bottom supports the coins.The coins will run down assoou as the p-ile has reached a determinedheight abovethe opening 15 with the inclined flange 16.

A superfiuous'supply is prevented by a stud, arranged. above across thecylinder which prevents too buffer, nearly closing the chamber breadth.Figs. 6' and '7 'vided high piling of the coins, as these will strikeagainst the stud when the pile reaches a predetermined level. The coinscollected on the bottom 14 will form a pile and this pile will strikeagainst the triangular pin when the bottom 14 is moved upwardly. The pinwill thus not preventt-hecoins from piling up, but determines a pointabove which the pile will not extend, in order to provide a sutlicientsupply of coins in the counting apparatus. It the hopper is filled abovethe triangular pin more coins will flow into the counting apparatus thancan be counted simultaneously and therefore the triangular pin isarranged at such a height over the under edge of the opening 15 that thecoins only will flow in the desired number tofill gradually the supports'1 of the apparatus when the coin pile reaches this pin.

The bar 17, attached to the bottom is provided at the other end with apiston 18 with a small perforation l9 acting as a 20, to prevent shocks.

With such a supply'device it is possible to build the device in acompact form though it will be adapted to count large quantities, as thecoins are stored: below the inclined delivery flange 10. Thiscylinderalsosupports the inclined bottom 14..

In order to count with the same device coins of different sizes,,it isnecessary that themagaz'ines be adjustable in length and illustrate themanner of adjusting the breadth by means of link devices 2land 22.. Eachmagazine 1 is therefore carried by a strap 31. supported by a bolt 32,and at the same, time serving as a pivotfor the link, and. are guided"by two rods 26 and 33, between which rodsthe link device 34 (Fig. 7) issituated. The magazine-at the inlet side is fixed, whilethe othermagazines are simultaneously movable along said rods. so that anexact-"adjustment. may be easily obtained. In order to conduct the coinsbetter, a stud 35 is .pro-

at the highest-situated part of the magazines next to the steps. which.stud engagesin a similar slot 36' of thenextmagablock 39 is also a:coiled spring. whilst" the placeby arm at the'other end is'kept in nut411-. v turning the nut 4.1 all: the

"arms 28 are adjusted corresponding to the breadth of the magazines.

By moving the axle 24: along the rods 25,

it is possible to limit the room to be filled by the coins tocorrespond, for instance,

with ten coins of a determined diameter.

In order to be able to lift the flat arms 23 one after the other (Fig.9) in order to empty the magazines one after the other, a lever is fixedto the rod 24, whilst the different arms 23 with gradually decreasingspace are attached to the rod 24c, and the arms 23 are in this waygripped and lifted up one after the other. 7

In order that the coins or tokens reach the paper boxes in the correctposition, in which boxes the coins are finally received and packed up, afunnel is placed in the outlet mouth, as shown in section in Fig. 11,

the mouth diameter of which is a little larger than that of the coin anda little smaller than that of the paper box.

In devices for coins of different sizes the funnel outlet part isadjustable, as shown in Fig. 12.

What I claim as my invention is:

1, In a device for counting coins or tokens of the same size, aplurality of stepped magazines, the breadth of which is equal with thediameter of the coins, a receptacle supplying the coins to be counted,the bottom of which is formed by said stepped magazines, a vertical rimless high than the thickness of the coins provided on the entire lengthof said magazines and a movable closure at the ends of said magazines.

2. In a device for counting co ns or tokens V of the same size, aplurality of stepped magazines, the breadth of which is equal to thediameter of the coins, a receptacle supplying the coins to be counted,its bottom being formed by said magazines, a vertical rim mounted on theentire length of the same, and a movable closure at the ends of saidmagazines, the latter being disposed at an angle with thesupply-direction of the coins. Y

3. In a device for counting coins or tokens of the same size as setforth in claim 2, steps for filling the magazines disposed at the endopposite the outlet of the same, the upper surfaces of said steps beingin the same plane as the rim of the preceding magazine, recesses formedby the wall of said receptacle and by screens parallel with the supportaxis, said screens being arranged between the edge of the step and theprojecting rim.

4. A device for counting coins or tokens of the same size as set forthin claim 2, further characterized in this that said magazines abut atthe outlet end upon collecting gutters, the mouths of which may beclosedby valves, which may be moved so as to successively open themouths.

5. In a device for counting coins or tokens of the same size as setforthin claim 2, link devices for adjusting the breadth of the magazines andconnected therewith in such a way that the magazines may slide one onthe other; means for adjusting the length of said magazines, spaced bycoiled springs and mounted on a rotatable shaft, said means beingadjustable both in the direction of the magazine-axis and in thesupply-direction of the coins.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GERRIT HOLTLAND.

Witnesses ROM, H. VERHEY.

